List of first African-American mayors

1860s

• 1868

First African American elected mayor of a U.S. town: Pierre Caliste Landry,Donaldsonville, Louisiana^[1]

• 1869

First African-American mayor of Maryville, Tennessee: W. B. Scott^[2]

1880s

• 1888

First African-American mayor of a predominately white U.S. town, and of a Western U.S. town: Edward Duplex, Wheatland, California^[3]

1960s

• 1966

First African-American mayor of a U.S. city: Robert C. Henry, Springfield, Ohio(appointed by city commission)

First African American elected mayor of a large U.S. city: Richard G. Hatcher (Gary, Indiana) (Hatcher was elected before Stokes but did not take office until after him)

• 1967

First African American mayor of a large U.S. city: Carl Stokes (Cleveland, Ohio)

First African American appointed mayor of Washington, D.C.: Walter Washington (see also: 1975)

• 1968

First African American elected Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey: Matthew G. Carter^[4]

First African American mayor of a Kentucky city: Luska Twyman, Glasgow, Kentucky

First African American elected mayor of a predominantly white southern city: Howard Nathaniel Lee, Chapel Hill, North Carolina^[5]

• 1969

First African American elected mayor of a Mississippi city: Charles Evers, Fayette, Mississippi^[6]

1970s

• 1970

First African American elected mayor of Newark, New Jersey: Kenneth A. Gibson

First African American elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: James H. McGee

First African American appointed mayor of Wichita, Kansas: A. Price Woodard^[7]

First African-American elected mayor of Salina, Kansas: Robert C. Caldwell^[8]

• 1971

First African American appointed mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1973)

First African American elected mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois: James Williams

• 1972

First African-American mayor of Tallahassee, Florida and first African American mayor of a state capital: James R. Ford

First African-American mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Ted Berry

• 1973

First African American elected mayor of Detroit, Michigan: Coleman Young

First African American elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: Clarence Lightner

First African American elected mayor of a major Southern city: Maynard Jackson,Atlanta, Georgia^[9]

First African American elected mayor of a major Western city: Tom Bradley, Los Angeles, California

First African American woman mayor of a major satellite city: Doris A. Davis, Compton, California

First African American elected mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan: Lyman Parks (see also: 1971)

• 1975

First African American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of Washington, D.C.:Walter Washington (see also: 1967)

• 1977

First African American mayor of Richmond, Virginia: Henry L. Marsh^[10] (Note: elected from within nine City Council members; changed to general election in 2003)

• 1978

First African American elected mayor of Oakland, California: Lionel Wilson

First African American elected mayor of New Orleans: Ernest Nathan Morial

• 1979

First African American elected mayor of Birmingham, Alabama: Richard Arrington, Jr.

1980s

• 1981

First African American elected Mayor of Camden, New Jersey: Randy Primas^[11]

First African American elected mayor of Spokane, Washington: James Everett Chase

• 1982

First African American appointed mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: J.O. Patterson, Jr.

• 1983

First African American elected Mayor of Chicago: Harold Washington

First African American elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina: Harvey Gantt

First African American elected Mayor of Flint: James Sharp

• 1984

First African American elected Mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey: James L. Usry

First African American elected Mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Wilson Goode

First African American elected mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia: James W. Holley, III

• 1987

First African American woman elected mayor of a Major City Hartford, Connecticut: Carrie Saxon Perry

First African American appointed mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Clarence H. Burns

• 1988

First African American elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Kurt Schmoke

First African American elected mayor of Hempstead, New York: James A. Garner

• 1989

First African American elected mayor of New York, New York: David Dinkins

First African American elected mayor of New Haven, Connecticut: John C. Daniels

First African American elected mayor of Richmond, California: George Livingston^[12]

First African American elected mayor of Rockford, Illinois: Charles Box

First African American elected mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice

1990s

• 1990

First African American elected Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey: Douglas Palmer

First African American elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina: Leander R. "Lee" Morgan ^[13]

First African American elected Mayor of Seattle, Washington: Norm Rice ^[14]

• 1991

First African American elected mayor of Memphis, Tennessee: W. W. Herenton

First African American elected mayor of Denver, Colorado: Wellington Webb

First African American elected mayor of Kansas City, Missouri: Emanuel Cleaver

First African American woman elected mayor of Washington, D.C.: Sharon Pratt Kelly

• 1993

First African American elected mayor of St. Louis, Missouri: Freeman Bosley, Jr.

First African American elected mayor of Rochester, New York: William A. Johnson, Jr.

• 1994

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota: Sharon Sayles Belton

• 1995

First African American elected mayor of Dallas, Texas: Ron Kirk

First African American elected mayor of Jeanerette, Louisiana:James "T.K." Alexander Sr.(mayor)

• 1996

First African American elected mayor of San Francisco, California: Willie Brown

• 1997

First African American elected mayor of Jackson, Mississippi: Harvey Johnson, Jr.

First African American elected mayor of Houston, Texas: Lee P. Brown

2000s

• 2000

First African American elected mayor of Columbus, Ohio: Michael B. Coleman

First African American elected mayor of Selma, Alabama: James Perkins, Jr.

• 2001

First African-American elected Mayor of Hattiesburg, Mississippi: Johnny L. Dupree^[15]

First African-American woman mayor of major Southern city, and first woman to be elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia: Shirley Franklin^[16]

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Southfield, Michigan: Brenda L. Lawrence

First African American elected Mayor of Heidelberg, Mississippi: Juan Barnett

First African American elected Mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina: Marshall Pitts Jr.^[17]

First African American elected Mayor of Tchula, Mississippi who was a woman and a Republican: Yvonne Brown^[18]

• 2002

First African-American woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio: Rhine McLin

First African-American elected mayor of Toledo, Ohio: Jack Ford

First African-American elected mayor of Kingsland, Georgia: Kenneth E. Smith, Sr. (politician)

• 2003

First African-American elected mayor of Palm Springs, California: Ron Oden

First African American elected by citizens as mayor of Tallahassee, Florida: John Marks

First African-American elected mayor, and first elected mayor, of San Ramon, California: H. Abram Wilson

• 2004

First African American elected mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Kip Holden

First African American mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Marvin Pratt

First African American elected mayor of Pine Bluff, Arkansas: Carl A. Redus, Jr.^[19]

• 2005

First African American elected mayor of Buffalo, New York: Byron Brown

First African American elected mayor of Mobile, Alabama: Sam Jones

First African American elected mayor of Asheville, North Carolina: Terry Bellamy

First African American elected mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio: Mark Mallory

First African American elected mayor of Youngstown, Ohio: Jay Williams

• 2006

First African American elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana: Cedric Glover

First African American elected mayor of Anderson, South Carolina: Terence Roberts

• 2007

First African American woman and first woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland: Sheila Dixon

First African American elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina: Yvonne Johnson

First African American elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas: Carl Brewer

First African American elected mayor of South Harrison Township, New Jersey: Charles Tyson^[20]

• 2008

First African American elected mayor of Blue Springs, Missouri: Carson Ross

First African American elected mayor of Lancaster, Texas: Marcus Knight

First African American elected mayor of Mansfield, Ohio: Donald Culliver

First African American elected mayor of Sacramento, California: Kevin Johnson

First African American mayor of Festus, Missouri: Earl Cook^[21]

First African-American elected Mayor of Damascus, Georgia : Vivian Pounder

• 2009

First African American elected mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi: James Young

First African American elected mayor of Freeport, New York: Andrew Hardwick^[22]

First African American and first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and first African-American woman elected mayor in Utah: Mia Love^[23]

2010s

• 2010

First African-American and first African-American woman elected mayor of Fontana, California: Acquanetta Warren ^[24]

First African American elected mayor of Columbia, South Carolina: Stephen K. Benjamin

• 2011

First African American elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida: Alvin Brown^[25]

• 2012

First African-American Mayor of Ithaca, New York: Svante Myrick

First African-American Mayor of Antioch, California: Wade Harper^[26]

First African-American Mayor of Garland, North Carolina: Winifred Hill Murphy

First African American and first woman mayor of Orrville, Alabama: Louvenia Diane Lumpkin

• 2014

First African-American Mayor of Brunswick, Georgia: Cornell Harvey

First African-American and first African-American woman mayor of San Antonio, TX: Ivy Taylor^[27]

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